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Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography
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What is Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography?
Information on the environmental conditions as well as on measures for preventing the pollution
of the Baltic Sea is documented as
research reports, conference papers, articles in scientific journals, books, dissertations, official documents etc.
An information gathering network and mechanism related to these publications was created in the late
1970'ies under auspices of the Baltic Marine Environment Commission
(HELCOM, Helsinki Commission). The information system was to offer a concise source of information
about the findings and measures related to the Baltic Sea.
The Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography covers bibliographic information on the Baltic Sea, i.e. all marine areas
from the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and Kattegat in the west. It contains references to
reports including "grey literature", journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. The bibliography
covers material from the year 1970, currently over 13 000 references.
The Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography is produced from
contributions prepared by the all the surrounding Baltic Sea states.
The Information Service of the Technical Research Centre of Finland is
responsible for compilation and processing of the
bibliographic information as a consultant for the Helsinki Commission.
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What can be found in the Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography?
There are only a few scientific databases in the world dedicated to marine sciences. These include for example such large international databases as
ASFA, BIOSIS and AGRIS. The Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography obtains much of the material directly from authors, institutes and libraries and to a
lesser extent from monitoring journals and serials, which is the main method in case of large international databases. This means that the content of the
Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography is unique and as such it is an important source of information for marine researchers and completes the information
received from other information sources.
The subject coverage includes all aspects of the marine environment of the
Baltic Sea, for example ecology, fauna and flora, fisheries, hydrography,
pollution, environmental impact, research, planning and administrative
measures. Noticeable part of references deal with pollution problems.
They cover nearly 40 % of the references. The geographical coverage includes the whole Baltic Sea area, i. e. marine areas from the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and the Kattegat in the west.
The main language of the documents is English (48 %). Other languages include for example Swedish (14%), Russian (9 %) and German (9%). 44 %
of the original documents are journal articles, 31 % are monographs and 25 % are monograph chapters.
The references are augmented by classification codes and keywords. In the earlier phase, (1970 - 1979), an own classification system was
used. Since 1986, the classification and thesaurus of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries System, ASFA, of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations have been used. A retrospective reclassification for the older material of 1980 - 1985 has been taken place
to improve the uniformity of the material. All references have the title
and keywords in English. From the year 1990 abstracts have been added
to the bibliography.
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